An ordinary commercial basement opens into an unbounded network of rooms.
The doorway in Backrooms appears in the basement of a furniture showroom. Beyond it is an endless network of interconnected rooms, turning a familiar place of business into an entrance to a space with no clear limit. A24’s official film synopsis and credits.
The contrast is built into the location. A showroom is arranged to display recognizable domestic objects; the space below it opens onto rooms whose connections do not provide an obvious way out. A24’s synopsis establishes the threshold without mapping the territory beyond it. A24’s official film synopsis and credits.
Kane Parsons directed the film, and Will Soodik wrote the screenplay. The cast includes Lukita Maxwell, Finn Bennett, Renate Reinsve, Chiwetel Ejiofor, and Mark Duplass. A24’s official film synopsis and credits.
A24 lists the feature at one hour and fifty minutes. Its starting point remains specific even when the space beyond it is not: a doorway underneath a shop is the connection between the ordinary building and the apparently endless interior. A24’s official film synopsis and credits.